04 August 2017 In memory of Jeannette Molho, A”H, A Thessaloniki-born Holocaust survivor, music conservatory graduate, former Vice President of the Israel Discount Bank, and Treasurer of the American Friends of The Jewish Museum of Greece for over twenty years. She is remembered “for her devotion to duty, her loyalty, civility and culture, as well as her sense of humor.”
Who are the Jews of Gibraltar? Meet Abraham Seruya, 66, a lawyer: “My family has been here since 1740. We are originally from Toledo in Spain.” Levi Attias, 62, a barrister, ventriloquist, magician, and singer: “My family is from Morocco… Members of the community often go to Morocco to visit the graves of rabbis.” And Ayelet Mamo Shay, 38, Chair of the Gibraltar-Israel Chamber of Commerce: “I came to live in Gibraltar 10 years ago from… Israel… There are 200 Israelis living here… Most of them are secular.”
Marlene Hassan Nahon, an Independent MP in the Gibraltar Parliament
(Photo courtesy of Jewish News)
Vocalist Victoria Hanna
(Photo courtesy of the artist)
Mark and Peretz Eliyahu, masters of Central Asian musical traditions, perform (with vocalist Victoria Hanna) a medley of love songs for Tu B’Av, the Jewish “holiday of love” celebrated on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av.
A computer-generated image of the proposed Sephardic Cultural Center
(Photo courtesy of El Pais)
A center dedicated to the rich intellectual, literary, and architectural history of Spanish Jewry is set to open in the Mediterranean port-city of Málaga, Spain. While the center will feature the history of Sephardim on the Iberian peninsula, it will extend its focus to include the legacy of Sephardi exiles: “The center and museum [will] not just focus on Spanish Sephardic thinkers such as Maimonides but also on those born in exile such as Spinoza, the Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Portuguese origin.”
Sunday, August 6 from 8 P.M. to Midnight
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
The American Sephardi Federation presents Tu B’AV, the Jewish Valentine’s Day! Come to celebrate this special holiday with music and dancing! Dress code: White is preferred (not mandatory). No shorts, t-shirts, or tank tops allowed.
Please click here to purchase tickets (Admission $40; includes open bar)
August 24, 27, and 28
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Dynamic and diverse performances by world-class artists will be heard at the first edition of The American Sephardi Music Festival. Hosted by The American Sephardi Federation and directed by David Serero, the Festival will take place over three days.
Tickets are from $20 to $40 ($20 Tax-Deductible Donation) Click here for Sponsorship, Media, and Other Inquiries
When Baghdadi Jews Baruch and Ellen Bekhor (née Cohen) succumbed to the camera’s gaze for their denaturalization pictures in 1951, they became stateless. Ellen was in her eighth month of pregnancy. Permitted to bring no more than a few kilos of belongings out of Iraq, Ellen carried their wedding picture and ketubah in her pocketbook. Laissez-Passer, Royaume D’Irak by Leslie Starobin (2016)
Through September 2017
in ASF’s Myron Habib Memorial Display
Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
The American Sephardi Federation proudly presents excerpts from The Last Address, a multi-year, photo-montage series and oral history and book project by award-winning artist Leslie Starobin that explores the enduring texture of memory and culture in the lives of Greater Sephardic families from dispersed Jewish communities in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Iran, and Lebanon.
Leslie Starobin is a Boston-area photographer and montage artist. Her work is in the permanent collections of many academic (Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University) and public (Jewish Museum, MoMA) museums. Starobin is the recipient of numerous grants, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation of the Arts/Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Most recently, she received two Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research Grants for this series, The Last Address.
Her exhibition in ASF’s Myron Habib Memorial Display is sponsored in part by CELTSS: The Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship and Service at Framingham State University in Massachusetts, where Starobin is a Professor of Communication Arts.
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